Hospice House Nurse Practitioner

Job Details

Job Location
Hospice House Southminster - Charlotte, NC

Secondary Job Location(s)
Hospice House Aldersgate - Charlotte, NC; Hospice House Huntersville - Huntersville, NC

Position Type
Full Time

Education Level
Graduate Degree

Travel Percentage
Local Travel

Job Shift
Day

Job Category
Nurse

Description

VIA Health Partnersis an industry leader and top-10 nationally ranked provider of end-of-life care. More importantly we are proud to be a community based, not for profit hospice & palliative care provider. We have deep community roots, with decades of experience serving ALL patients' and families' needs regardless of their ability to pay or their medical complexity. We are a people first organizationwhose funds go to serve our mission.

Due to our significant growth, we are looking for amazing new staff who share these same values. Apply now and be a part of our success story.

We provide excellent benefits including:

• Medical, Vision, and Dental plans through BCBS
• 28 days of Paid Time Off
• Excellent mileage reimbursement rate
• 403b Retirement plan with matching
• Focused programs honoring Veteran patients
• Assistance with achieving Certified Hospice & Palliative Nurse (CHPN)
• Best Orientation and Onboarding program you've experienced
• Seasoned Hospice leaders guiding your career growth

Essential Functions

• In addition to the general services outlined by the Board HPCCR Nurse Practitioners will also provide the following specific services related to the care of patients with advanced life threatening/life limiting illnesses:

• Promotes the highest quality of end of life care including hospice care and widespread use of advanced directives.
• Prevents suffering and alleviation of physical, spiritual, and psychological pain.
• Diagnoses, treats, and manages pain and other symptoms frequently experienced by patients at the end of life.
• Guides and counsels patients and their families regarding disease progression, prognosis and the benefits/burdens of therapeutic measures, tests, procedures, and drugs.
• Prescribes and/or recommends therapeutic measures, tests, procedures, and drugs (including narcotics) in accordance within the ethical principles of medicine.
• Plans for situations beyond the nurse practitioner's expertise and conferring with the Medical Director, or a Medical Services Physician as appropriate.
• Serves as an end-of-life care education resource both within the organization and in the outside community.
• Pursues actively and passionately educational opportunities that lead to improved outcomes.

• As part of the comprehensive and compassionate care of patients with advanced life threatening/life limiting illnesses a Nurse Practitioner may utilize the following strategies:

• Evaluates patients by performing history and physical examinations.
• Discusses patient with attending physicians, consultants, nursing staff, and other medical professionals.
• Prescribes systemic and topical drug therapies including narcotics for the pain and other symptoms.
• Conducts patient/family meetings to review medical issues and establish goals of care.
• Provides general psychosocial support.
• Refers for diet/exercise therapies.
• Recommends other non-pharmacological therapies such as massage therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and music therapy.
• Recommends additional psychosocial counseling by mental health professionals.
• Prescribes medical supplies and equipment.
• Recommends appropriate diagnostic tests and studies.
• Reviews and discusses advance care directives.
• Recommends referral to hospice services.
• Participates in team discussions regarding patient care to gain insight and suggestions.
• Self directs learning to remain up-to-date on current trends in hospice and palliative medicine.

• The following list is a general outline of the basic duties of a Nurse Practitioner:

• Provides comprehensive medical care to HPCCR patients.
• Serves as a medical resource for HPCCR staff.
• Assists in staff training.
• Assists in education and training of healthcare professionals and public.
• Optimizes cost-effective plan of care.
• Assists in the development of policies.
• Maximizes clinical efficiency to ensure reimbursement is optimized.
• Enhances palliative and hospice care by promoting increased and earlier referrals to palliative medicine and hospice.
• Submit billing and documentation according to policy.

• Accommodates requests from the Medical Director, either directly or indirectly through his/her agent, to add or modify the duties to accomplish the team and organization goals

• Submit all billing and documentation according to established policy.
• May perform other duties as required.

Qualifications

Qualification Requirements

• A Master Degree in nursing; current, active, and unrestricted license NC license as Registered Nurse (RN), and official recognition as Nurse Practitioner from NC Board of Nursing.
• Successful board certification in specialty within 2 years of date of hire; current and unrestricted DEA and Basic Life Support required. Computer proficiency is required.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year related experience. Experience in direct care of patients with life limiting illnesses required. Related experience may include hospice and palliative care; family medicine; internal medicine; geriatrics, oncology; home health care; medical surgical.